Contest: Taxlo 7 Year Anniversary Kick-off feat. Simian Mobile Disco, Tittsworth, Feadz, Triobelisk
Enter to win 2 free tickets to the show at Sonar, Sat Apr 25th. Just comment this post (or email us here if you’re net-shy) to join our contest mailing list and enter for a chance to win!
Winner will be drawn at random next Wednesday Apr 22!
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MP3: Simian Mobile Disco – Sleep Deprivation from Attack Decay Sustain Release
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MP3: Justice v. Simian – We Are Your Friends from We Are Your Friends vinyl
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MP3: Tittsworth – WTF (featuring Kid Sister, Pase Rock) from 12 Steps
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MP3: Triobelisk – Xrystal Eye from 1
Resident Baltimore super-promoters Taxlo score another big-name coup de grace for one of their flagship events: their 7th anniversary kick-off at Sonar featuring UK electro-fiends Simian Mobile Disco. Skyrocketed into notoriety by a flurry of blog-friendly remixes of indie-rock hype tracks and standards, as well as themselves being remixed. Their track, ”Never Be Alone” (recorded under their more rock-oriented incarnation Simian), was redone to much fanfare by a little French duo known as Justice.
SMD unabashedly take the typically dense and self-insulating genre of electronica, and reconstruct it from the ground up with a bit of much needed populist humility and a noticeably more focused goal: digestable and interesting dance music.
Almost all of their tracks orbit a single, often simple hook, sometimes accented by an ultra-catchy vocal chorus, and they proceed to grow and develop the hell out of it for, on average, the span of a lengthy pop song. And they are one of the few who can successfully do so, essentially abbreviating the tenets of electronica into something that isn’t so imposing to the average non-circuit head. But they manage to do so while leaving intact aspects of merit to appeal to those discerning aficionados, weaving in influences and nuggets from electronic icons like Daft Punk and Aphex Twin and utilizing all manner of analog-electro gear that would make suitable fodder for any electro-nerd’s wet dream.
Add in their opening support Feadz, Tittsworth and Triobelisk, and you’ve got a guaranteed party that commences the commingling of populism and quality into one big sweaty former parking garage.
Big flier after the jump.